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MIKE SILVER

I have been saying for more than 25 years that we pay more for everything related to health care than any other Western nation with little to show for it. The New York Times on June 2 published an article that basically said the same thing.

Pop the champagne corks, hire the marching band and set off the fireworks. No, it's not for the Fourth of July or even a hometown's American Idol celebration. It's much more important, but not as much fun.

There is an interesting battle raging among some of the leading economists in the field regarding health-care pricing. Their viewpoints could not be more opposite, but one thing is for sure, there is a lot of secrecy.

A local traditional internist believes all care, for everyone, should be "concierge." And to that doctor that would include fast call backs, care in the hospital, cell phone access and useful websites.

Focusing on regional health care companies and institutions, an editorial in the Jan. 16 edition of Bluffton Today states, "It only makes sense that medical facilities are built in areas where the patients are and where future patients will be.